Grapefruits

Grapefruits

When I was a kid, and poor, my parents and I would each have half a grapefruit at breakfast at times. After eating the flesh, and scraping the sides, we’d squeeze the rind over a spoon to extract the remaining juice. I used to squeeze like crazy. My father would finally announce, “There’s no more juice, you can stop squeezing.”

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They believe the harder they work, the more there will be a result. Tell that to a hamster who’d like to change his location.

My question of the day:

Is the juice worth the squeeze?

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Luis Felipe Braz

Consultor e Pré-Vendas de Dyn 365 Business Central | Mentor

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Hi Alan, I haven't finished your book yet, but I'm reading hehe, I see that this policy is in many CEOs here in Brazil and in the world, and I'm 24 years old, I'm following your advice, work with quality and don't with quantity, execute excellence at the moment you are going to do it, in order to be a partner of the companies and charge my market value!

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